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Google had to blink sooner or later. It would be a loss for them if they were blocked from the Aussie market and other alternatives like Bing, DDG became popula
by abraae 6y ago
Google had to blink sooner or later. It would be a loss for them if they were blocked from the Aussie market and other alternatives like Bing, DDG became popular.
That could lead to a dominoes scenario where other countries realised they could get by too without the mighty Google.
Those of us that need Google for searching for weird code snippets and the like (though Google seems increasingly failing in the battle against SEO spam) could just use a US VPN. Most people would get by fine on DDG.
- kindofajsdev 6y agoThis is my take as well. Google will sooner run at a loss in certain countries if it means not giving other competitors so much as an inch. Ads are their kingdom. They will protect it at all costs, even if that is giving up some revenue. What I am waiting to see next is, how will other countries/industries respond? Some countries may institute the same thing as Australia. Other industries may try to take a cut as well.
- curt15 6y agoWouldn't the hyperlink tax apply to Bing too?